Teichtner Floral Pastel vase - 8" (203 mm) high. c. 1937.

In 1806 William Bourne set up a pottery at Denby, in Derbyshire. A rich
bed of fine stoneware clay had been discovered, and Bourne - a member of
a well established family of potters - opened the pottery for his son, Joseph,
to manage. After nearly two hundred years the company is still going strong.

Originally known only for salt-glazed stonewares in subdued colours,
in the early twentieth century more decorative pieces started to be made.
In 1931 Norman Wood joined the firm and revolutionized the production methods.
He installed high-capacity tunnel-kilns, which enabled the company to employ
a new range of glazes. Donald Gilbert joined in 1934, as a designer, and
Denby's potential for making decorative wares moved up another gear.

Michael Cardew visited the pottery
towards the end of 1944, and was impressed by the production methods which
were very much more like his own concept of how pottery should be produced
than those of the large companies in Stoke.

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